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Chapter 3 The Roots of American Democracy Government Alive! Slide 2 3.2 Ideas that Shaped Colonial Views on Government Religious and Classical Roots English Roots English Enlightenment Thinker French Enlightenment Thinkers American Democracy Slide 3 3.3 From Ideas to Independence 1765 Stamp act 1767 Townsend Acts 1770 Boston Massacre 1773-1174 Boston tea Party and the Intolerable Acts 1775 Fighting begins 1776 Declaration of Independence The Road to Revolution Slide 4 3.4 Putting ideas to Work: Framing new Constitutions State Governments: Giving Power to the People Governing Under the Articles of Confederation Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation Weaknesses fixed under the Constitution Turn to page 52 in your textbook Slide 5 Convening the Constitutional Convention U.S. Constitution President vs. Executive Committee Slavery vs. Abolishment Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan Slide 6 Ratifying the Constitution Worried that the Constitution would make the national government too big Concerned that there was no Bill of Rights Anti- Federalists Defense of the Constitution Federalist No. 10 Federalist No. 51 Federalists Slide 7 3.6 Adding the Bill of Rights Main Author Slide 8 Terms of which you are responsible: separation of powers popular sovereignty natural rights rule of law Bill of Rightswhy? Chapter 4 The U.S. Constitution